Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

Template documentation

Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Democratic Republic of the Congo`	Main article name (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
`shortname alias`	`DR Congo`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1960`		`Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1963).svg`
`1963`		`Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1963–1966).svg`
`1966`		`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg`
`1997`		`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg`
`2003`		`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003–2006).svg`

Military ensigns

This nation's naval ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Navy produces the following:

{{navy|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This nation's air force ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Air force produces the following:

{{air force|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This nation's military ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template: Armed forces produces the following:

{{Armed forces|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This nation's navy flag is the same as its national flag, so Template:Naval produces the following:

{{naval|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This nation's army ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Army produces the following:

{{army|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flagcountry\|alias}}` output
`COD` (view)	COD	DR Congo
`DR Congo` (view)	DR Congo	DR Congo
`Congo, Democratic Republic of the` (view)	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	DR Congo
`Congo-Kinshasa` (view)	Congo-Kinshasa	DR Congo

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} →
{{flagcountry|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → DR Congo

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|COD}} →
{{flagcountry|COD}} → DR Congo
{{flag|COD}} → COD

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.

TemplateData for Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

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